THE WEEK IN CHESS 628 20th November 2006 by Mark Crowther
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Mikhail Tal Memorial 15 games
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Croatian Championship 42 games
First Saturday November 40 games
FIBDA Iberoamerican Championship 71 games
Cidade de Sao Paulo 48 games
SK Liburnija GM 30 games
RGSU Moscow 96 games
Ataturk Festival 80 games
Avtogaz 40 Togliatti 30 games
Femida Tournaments 132 games
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NWAPA Rector Cup 45 games
7th Liberec Open 224 games
Belgian League 48 games
Norwegian Team League 90 games
Dutch Team Championship 150 games
Venetian Autumn Chess Open 109 games
US Chess League 8 games
4NCL 48 games
Romanian Team Championships 389 games
2170 games
My thanks to Jan Mazuch, Doru Ionescu, Thomas Henrich, Adolivio Capece,
Sinisa Joksic, Roger Petrol, Antonio Rosino, Valery Maes, George Mirijanian,
Torstein Bae, Philipp Schlosser, Jesús Mena, Miklos Orso, Rodolfo Arias,
Pierre Barthélémy, Philip Feeley, Frits Agterdenbos, John
Donaldson and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The Category XX Tal Memorial tournament produced some interesting chess
but the final round finished with a whimper with five quick draws. Peter Leko,
Ruslan Ponomariov and Levon Aronian all finished on 5.5/9 with Leko having the
best tie-break. This was immediately followed by a fantastically strong blitz
event. Sadly unlikely earlier in the year with the World Blitz Championships in
Rishon-le-zion there was no live coverage nor electronic boards to cover the
event so most of the games were lost (two per round were video taped). I find
it a very strange world where huge libraries of photos were produced but little
or no thought was given to actually covering the moves in spite of all the
money spent on organising the event. Fortunately elsewhere there are plenty of
games by strong players in the various team events covered this week and today
should see the start of the annual Capablana Memorial in Cuba.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Mikhail Tal Memorial took place November 5th-19th 2006 (Starts on
the 6th (opening on the 5th), 3-rest-3-rest-3). Peter Leko, Ruslan Ponomariov
and Levon Aronian all finished on 5.5/9. Its reported to me that Leko took
first on Sonnenborg-Berger tie-break but this isn't totally confirmed. A blitz
tournament follows after a break of a day.
Blitz Tournament: Viswanathan Anand won with 23/34, Levon Aronian
was 2nd with 21 points. Peter Svidler and Teimour Radjabov shared 3rd-4th
places on 20.5. Two games per round were recorded using video cameras and
should eventually become available.
Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/eng
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Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (RUS), 6-16 xi 2006 cat. XX (2727)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 * = = 1 = = = = = 1 5.5 2805
2. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2703 = * = = = 1 = = = 1 5.5 2809
3. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2741 = = * = = = 0 1 1 1 5.5 2805
4. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 0 = = * = = 1 = 1 = 5.0 2769
5. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2728 = = = = * = = = = = 4.5 2727
6. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2710 = 0 = = = * 1 1 = 0 4.5 2729
7. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2750 = = 1 0 = 0 * = = 1 4.5 2724
8. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2720 = = 0 = = 0 = * = = 3.5 2647
9. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2698 = = 0 0 = = = = * = 3.5 2650
10. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2747 0 0 0 = = 1 0 = = * 3.0 2599
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Round 7 (November 14, 2006)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Aronian, Levon 1/2 25 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Gelfand, Boris - Svidler, Peter 1-0 43 A05 Various
Grischuk, Alexander - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 51 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Carlsen, Magnus - Leko, Peter 1/2 55 E20 Nimzo Indian
Morozevich, Alexander - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2 102 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Round 8 (November 15, 2006)
Leko, Peter - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2 39 C96 Ruy Lopez
Aronian, Levon - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 16 E17 Queens Indian
Svidler, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 80 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Shirov, Alexei - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 24 D17 Slav Defence
Carlsen, Magnus - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 60 E04 Catalan
Round 9 (November 16, 2006)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Leko, Peter 1/2 19 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Gelfand, Boris - Aronian, Levon 1/2 16 E01 Catalan
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Svidler, Peter 1/2 14 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Grischuk, Alexander - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 17 D38 QGD Ragozin
Morozevich, Alexander - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 26 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
No. Name Fed. FIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
1 Anand, Viswanathan IND 2779 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.0 23.0
2 Aronian, Levon ARM 2741 1.0 1.5 0.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 21.0
3 Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2729 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.0 1.5 20.5
4 Svidler, Peter RUS 2750 0.5 1.5 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 2.0 1.5 1.5 0.5 2.0 0.5 1.5 2.0 1.5 2.0 2.0 20.5
5 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2703 0.5 0.0 1.5 2.0 1.0 0.5 1.0 2.0 0.5 1.5 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.0 19.5
6 Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2747 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.5 1.5 0.0 1.5 1.0 18.0
7 Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2710 0.5 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.5 1.5 1.0 2.0 2.0 18.0
8 Gelfand, Boris ISR 2733 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.0 18.0
9 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2698 1.0 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 2.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 0.5 2.0 17.5
10 Karpov, Anatoly RUS 2668 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.5 1.5 0.0 2.0 0.5 1.0 0.5 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 17.5
11 Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2672 1.0 2.0 0.0 1.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.5 2.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 17.0
12 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2728 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 0.5 17.0
13 Polgar, Judit HUN 2710 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 17.0
14 Leko, Peter HUN 2741 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 16.5
15 Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 2671 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.5 2.0 15.5
16 Bologan, Viktor MDA 2659 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 2.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 10.5
17 Timofeev, Artyom RUS 2662 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 1.5 1.5 10.0
18 Jobava, Baadur GEO 2650 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 9.0
The XLI Capablanca Memorial had to move from its normal dates in May due
to the Turin Olympiad. This years event takes place 19th-30th November 2006 in
the hotel Habana Riviera. The top event is a 6 player double round robin with
Vassily Ivanchuk, Evgeny Bareev, Kamil Miton, Jesus Nogueiras, Lenier Dominguez
and Lazaro Bruzon (starts 21st). (Cuban
article on the event).
Official site: http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/
The Bundesliga chess season in Germany is under way. The second double
round took place 18th-19th November 2006. The Tal Memorial Blitz caused a lot
of strong players to miss the event. Alexei Shirov decided to miss the blitz
and his 2/2 would have been much appreciated by his team OSC Baden Baden.
Nevertheless they were missing Anand and they lost a key match to rivals SG
Köln Porz. The first of the extra round 7 games were played on Friday so
some teams have played 5 games and others 4 but all teams have dropped points
now.
Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/ -
German Chess Federation: http://www.schachbund.de
Round 7 17th November 2006
Venue: Hamburg
Hamburger SK 6 - 2 Werder Bremen
1 Wojtaszek,Rad 1 : 0 Hracek,Zbynek 4
2 Gustafsson,Ja ½ : ½ Pelletier,Yan 5
3 Ftacnik,Lubom ½ : ½ Babula,Vlasti 6
4 Kempinski,Rob 1 : 0 Nyback,Tomi 7
5 Hansen,Sune B ½ : ½ Fish,Gennadij 8
7 Mueller,Karst ½ : ½ Schandorff,La 9
8 Reeh,Oliver 1 : 0 Knaak,Rainer 10
10 Heinemann,Thi 1 : 0 Skripchenko,A 11
Venue: Wattenscheid
SV Wattenscheid 4 - 4 SG Aljechin Soli
2 Macieja,Bartl ½ : ½ Jussupow,Artu 1
3 Rustemov,Alex 0 : 1 Nikolic,Predr 2
5 Bartel,Mateus 0 : 1 Stellwagen,Da 3
6 Czarnota,Pawe ½ : ½ Naumann,Alexa 5
7 Appel,Ralf 1 : 0 Werle,Jan 6
8 Holzke,Frank ½ : ½ Hoffmann,Mich 7
9 Handke,Floria ½ : ½ Gabriel,Chris 9
13 Straeter,Timo 1 : 0 Ernst,Sipke 10
Venue: Koelln
SG Köln Porz 3 - 5 SC Remagen
1 Vaganian,Rafa ½ : ½ Fedorchuk,Ser 3
3 Van Wely,Loek ½ : ½ Goloshchapov, 5
4 Timman,Jan H 0 : 1 Popovic,Petar 7
5 Graf,Alexande 0 : 1 Bindrich,Falk 8
6 Kobalia,Mikha 1 : 0 Mainka,Romual 10
8 Korneev,Oleg 1 : 0 Boidman,Yuri 11
10 Van den Doel, 0 : 1 Polaczek,Rich 13
11 Kritz,Leonid 0 : 1 Schulz,Klaus- 14
Round 3 18th November 2006
Venue: Berlin
SK König Tegel 3½-4½ Bindlach-Aktionä
1 Rabiega,Rober 1 : 0 Navara,David 2
2 Stern,Rene 0 : 1 Baklan,Vladim 3
3 Muse,Mladen ½ : ½ Baramidze,Dav 4
4 Muse,Drazen ½ : ½ Prusikin,Mich 5
5 Tomczak,Raine 0 : 1 Bischoff,Klau 6
6 Von Herman,Ul ½ : ½ Stohl,Igor Dr 7
7 Sarbok,Torste ½ : ½ Bezold,Michae 8
8 Pachow,Joerg ½ : ½ Markos,Jan 9
SC Kreuzberg 5½-2½ SF Berlin 1903
2 Sargissian,Ga ½ : ½ Nataf,Igor-Al 1
3 Socko,Bartosz ½ : ½ Miroshnichenk 2
4 Luther,Thomas ½ : ½ Polzin,Rainer 5
5 Kalinitschew, 1 : 0 Thiede,Lars 6
6 Tischbierek,R ½ : ½ Berndt,Stepha 7
8 Loeffler,Stef 1 : 0 Borriss,Marti 8
9 Paehtz,Elisab ½ : ½ Kraemer,Marti 10
10 Richter,Micha 1 : 0 Thinius,Marco 12
Venue: Hamburg
Hamburger SK 4 - 4 SF Katernberg
1 Wojtaszek,Rad 1 : 0 Volokitin,And 1
2 Gustafsson,Ja ½ : ½ Erenburg,Serg 3
3 Ftacnik,Lubom ½ : ½ L'Ami,Erwin 4
4 Kempinski,Rob ½ : ½ Chuchelov,Vla 5
5 Hansen,Sune B ½ : ½ Glek,Igor V 6
8 Reeh,Oliver 0 : 1 Firman,Nazar 8
10 Heinemann,Thi 1 : 0 Siebrecht,Seb 10
14 Breutigam,Mar 0 : 1 Souleidis,Geo 11
Werder Bremen 4 - 4 SV Mülheim Nord
1 McShane,Luke 0 : 1 Landa,Konstan 2
4 Hracek,Zbynek ½ : ½ Fridman,Danie 4
5 Pelletier,Yan ½ : ½ Levin,Felix 5
6 Babula,Vlasti 1 : 0 Saltaev,Mihai 6
7 Nyback,Tomi 0 : 1 Hausrath,Dani 7
8 Fish,Gennadij ½ : ½ Schebler,Gerh 8
9 Schandorff,La ½ : ½ Kern,Guido 10
11 Skripchenko,A 1 : 0 Wegener,Olaf 12
Venue: Wattenscheid
SV Wattenscheid 4½-3½ TV Tegernsee
2 Macieja,Bartl 0 : 1 Alekseev,Evge 2
3 Rustemov,Alex 1 : 0 Khenkin,Igor 3
5 Bartel,Mateus ½ : ½ Sokolov,Andre 4
6 Czarnota,Pawe 1 : 0 Ribli,Zoltan 5
7 Appel,Ralf 1 : 0 Rozentalis,Ed 6
8 Holzke,Frank ½ : ½ Boensch,Uwe 8
9 Handke,Floria ½ : ½ Hertneck,Gera 10
13 Straeter,Timo 0 : 1 Gross,David 14
SG Aljechin Soli 3½-4½ SC Eppingen
1 Jussupow,Artu 0 : 1 Gyimesi,Zolta 1
2 Nikolic,Predr ½ : ½ Balogh,Csaba 2
5 Naumann,Alexa ½ : ½ Postny,Evgeny 3
6 Werle,Jan 1 : 0 Acs,Peter 4
7 Hoffmann,Mich ½ : ½ Braun,Arik 5
9 Gabriel,Chris 0 : 1 Meier,Georg 6
10 Ernst,Sipke ½ : ½ Medvegy,Zolta 7
12 Wegerle,Joerg ½ : ½ Vogt,Lothar 11
Venue: Koelln
SG Köln Porz 4½-3½ OSC Baden Baden
1 Vaganian,Rafa 0 : 1 Shirov,Alexei 3
3 Van Wely,Loek 1 : 0 Bacrot,Etienn 4
4 Timman,Jan H ½ : ½ Nisipeanu,Liv 6
5 Graf,Alexande ½ : ½ Harikrishna,P 7
6 Kobalia,Mikha 1 : 0 Vallejo Pons, 8
8 Korneev,Oleg ½ : ½ Nielsen,Peter 9
10 Van den Doel, ½ : ½ Movsesian,Ser 10
11 Kritz,Leonid ½ : ½ Schlosser,Phi 13
SC Remagen 5 - 3 SC Bann
2 Fressinet,Lau 0 : 1 Laznicka,Vikt 1
3 Fedorchuk,Ser 1 : 0 Stocek,Jiri 2
5 Goloshchapov, ½ : ½ Muraniy,Karl- 6
6 Degraeve,Jean 1 : 0 Dolezal,Rados 9
7 Popovic,Petar 1 : 0 Cernousek,Luk 10
8 Bindrich,Falk 1 : 0 Mozny,Mylos 11
10 Mainka,Romual ½ : ½ Nun,Jiri 12
11 Boidman,Yuri 0 : 1 Baerwinkel,To 14
Round 4 19th November 2006
Venue: Berlin
Bindlach-Aktionä 3 - 5 SC Kreuzberg
1 Naiditsch,Ark ½ : ½ Sargissian,Ga 2
2 Navara,David 0 : 1 Socko,Bartosz 3
3 Baklan,Vladim 0 : 1 Luther,Thomas 4
4 Baramidze,Dav 1 : 0 Kalinitschew, 5
5 Prusikin,Mich 0 : 1 Tischbierek,R 6
6 Bischoff,Klau 0 : 1 Loeffler,Stef 8
7 Stohl,Igor Dr ½ : ½ Paehtz,Elisab 9
8 Bezold,Michae 1 : 0 Richter,Micha 10
SF Berlin 1903 5½-2½ SK König Tegel
1 Nataf,Igor-Al ½ : ½ Rabiega,Rober 1
5 Polzin,Rainer ½ : ½ Stern,Rene 2
6 Thiede,Lars ½ : ½ Muse,Mladen 3
8 Borriss,Marti 1 : 0 Muse,Drazen 4
9 Poldauf,Dirk 0 : 1 Tomczak,Raine 5
10 Kraemer,Marti 1 : 0 Von Herman,Ul 6
11 Schneider,Ilj 1 : 0 Sarbok,Torste 7
12 Thinius,Marco 1 : 0 Pachow,Joerg 8
Venue: Hamburg
SF Katernberg 4 - 4 Werder Bremen
1 Volokitin,And ½ : ½ McShane,Luke 1
3 Erenburg,Serg 1 : 0 Hracek,Zbynek 4
4 L'Ami,Erwin ½ : ½ Pelletier,Yan 5
5 Chuchelov,Vla ½ : ½ Babula,Vlasti 6
6 Glek,Igor V ½ : ½ Nyback,Tomi 7
8 Firman,Nazar 0 : 1 Fish,Gennadij 8
10 Siebrecht,Seb ½ : ½ Schandorff,La 9
11 Souleidis,Geo ½ : ½ Skripchenko,A 11
SV Mülheim Nord 3 - 5 Hamburger SK
2 Landa,Konstan ½ : ½ Wojtaszek,Rad 1
4 Fridman,Danie ½ : ½ Gustafsson,Ja 2
5 Levin,Felix ½ : ½ Ftacnik,Lubom 3
6 Saltaev,Mihai ½ : ½ Kempinski,Rob 4
7 Hausrath,Dani 0 : 1 Hansen,Sune B 5
8 Schebler,Gerh 0 : 1 Mueller,Karst 7
10 Kern,Guido 0 : 1 Reeh,Oliver 8
12 Wegener,Olaf 1 : 0 Breutigam,Mar 14
Venue: Wattenscheid
TV Tegernsee 4 - 4 SG Aljechin Soli
2 Alekseev,Evge ½ : ½ Jussupow,Artu 1
3 Khenkin,Igor ½ : ½ Nikolic,Predr 2
4 Sokolov,Andre ½ : ½ Stellwagen,Da 3
5 Ribli,Zoltan ½ : ½ Naumann,Alexa 5
6 Rozentalis,Ed 0 : 1 Werle,Jan 6
8 Boensch,Uwe 1 : 0 Hoffmann,Mich 7
10 Hertneck,Gera 1 : 0 Gabriel,Chris 9
14 Gross,David 0 : 1 Ernst,Sipke 10
SC Eppingen 5 - 3 SV Wattenscheid
1 Gyimesi,Zolta ½ : ½ Macieja,Bartl 2
2 Balogh,Csaba 1 : 0 Rustemov,Alex 3
3 Postny,Evgeny 1 : 0 Bartel,Mateus 5
4 Acs,Peter 0 : 1 Czarnota,Pawe 6
5 Braun,Arik 1 : 0 Appel,Ralf 7
6 Meier,Georg 1 : 0 Holzke,Frank 8
7 Medvegy,Zolta 0 : 1 Handke,Floria 9
11 Vogt,Lothar ½ : ½ Straeter,Timo 13
Venue: Koelln
OSC Baden Baden 7½-½ SC Remagen
3 Shirov,Alexei 1 : 0 Fressinet,Lau 2
4 Bacrot,Etienn 1 : 0 Fedorchuk,Ser 3
6 Nisipeanu,Liv ½ : ½ Goloshchapov, 5
7 Harikrishna,P 1 : 0 Degraeve,Jean 6
8 Vallejo Pons, 1 : 0 Popovic,Petar 7
9 Nielsen,Peter 1 : 0 Bindrich,Falk 8
10 Movsesian,Ser 1 : 0 Mainka,Romual 10
13 Schlosser,Phi 1 : 0 Boidman,Yuri 11
SC Bann 1½-6½ SG Köln Porz
1 Laznicka,Vikt ½ : ½ Vaganian,Rafa 1
2 Stocek,Jiri 0 : 1 Van Wely,Loek 3
6 Muraniy,Karl- 0 : 1 Timman,Jan H 4
9 Dolezal,Rados 0 : 1 Graf,Alexande 5
10 Cernousek,Luk 0 : 1 Kobalia,Mikha 6
11 Mozny,Mylos 0 : 1 Korneev,Oleg 8
12 Nun,Jiri 0 : 1 Van den Doel, 10
14 Baerwinkel,To 1 : 0 Kritz,Leonid 11
Round 4 Table
1. SG Köln Porz 5 8 24½
2. SC Remagen 5 8 21
3. Hamburger SK 5 7 22½
4. OSC Baden Baden 4 6 22½
5. Werder Bremen 5 6 21
6. Bindlach-Aktionä 4 6 19
7. SG Aljechin Soli 5 4 20
8. SC Kreuzberg 4 4 17½
9. SV Wattenscheid 5 4 17
10. SF Katernberg 4 4 14½
11. SC Eppingen 4 4 14½
12. TV Tegernsee 4 3 16
13. SV Mülheim Nord 4 3 16
14. SF Berlin 1903 4 2 13
15. SC Bann 4 1 11
16. SK König Tegel 4 0 10
FIDE have announced that the Candidates Matches for the 2007 World
Championship Tournament will now take place in Elista, 26th May - 14th June
2007. The prize fund for each match of both rounds will be USD 40,000. The FIDE
President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov says he will contribute 320,000 USD towards the
total prize fund and a further USD 160,000 will be contributed by FIDE.
The 16 Grandmasters who will participate in the Candidates Matches are:
01. Levon Aronian (ARM) 02. Peter Leko (HUN) 03. Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) 04.
Boris Gelfand (ISR) 05. Etienne Bacrot (FRA) 06. Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 07.
Judith Polgar (HUN) 08. Alexei Shirov (ESP) 09. Michael Adams (ENG) 10. Evgeny
Bareev (RUS) 11. Vladimir Malakhov (RUS) 12. Gata Kamsky (USA) 13. Rustam
Kasimjanov (UZB) 14. Sergei Rublevsky (RUS) 15. Mikhail Gurevich (TUR) 16.
Magnus Carlsen (NOR)
Out of the above 16 Grandmasters, the top 4 will qualify for the 2007
World Chess Championship Tournament in Mexico, 11 September - 1 October,
joining the defending World Champion Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) and GMs Vishy Anand
(IND), Peter Svidler (RUS), Alexander Morozevich (RUS) who have already
qualified from the previous World Championships.
Press release in full: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1173
The Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee takes place 12th-28th January 2007.
The fields for the top two groups have been announced.
A Group *: Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik,
Peter Svidler, Alexander Morozevich, Levon Aronian, Teymour Radjabov, Alexei
Shirov, Ruslan Ponomariov, Magnus Carlsen, Sergey Tiviakov, Loek van Wely,
Sergey Karjakin and Alexander Motylev
* There are rumours someone might have withdrawn from the A group but
no-one is sure who.
B Group: Dmitry Jakovenko, Bu Xiangzhi,
Gabriel Sargissian, Pavel Eljanov, Friso Nijboer, Erwin L’Ami, Suat
Atalik, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Daniel Stellwagen, Jan Werle, Alexandra
Kosteniuk, Vladimir Georgiev, Jan Smeets and Tatiana Kosintseva
Official site: http://www.coruschess.com
In addition the line up for the Morelia / Linares tournament (again in
Mexico and Spain) has been announced. The Morelia half takes place 16th-25th
February 2007 and Linares 2nd-11th March 2007.
The field is: Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Leko, Peter
Svidler, Levon Aronian, Teimour Radjabov, Magnus Carlsen and one of either
Alexander Morozevich (it may be that marca has is right as they are the
official site and its Moro), Alexei Shirov or Francisco Vallejo Pons depending
on who you read. (Mexican
Story - or
Marca
story)
The Croatian Championship takes place 11th-21st November 2006.
Official site:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/kutina/index.htm
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ch-CRO Kutina CRO (CRO), 11-21 xi 2006 cat. X (2485)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Jovanovic, Zoran1 SCG f SCG 2267 * . 1 . = = 0 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2662
2. Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2556 . * 0 = = = . 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2662
3. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2589 0 1 * = . = 1 = = . 1 1 6.0 2592
4. Jankovic, Alojzije g CRO 2533 . = = * = 1 1 0 1 = 0 . 5.0 2554
5. Palac, Mladen g CRO 2582 = = . = * = = . 0 1 1 = 5.0 2500
6. Rogic, Davor g CRO 2502 = = = 0 = * . 0 . 1 1 1 5.0 2521
7. Hulak, Krunoslav g CRO 2536 1 . 0 0 = . * = 1 1 = = 5.0 2513
8. Brkic, Ante m CRO 2541 0 0 = 1 . 1 = * = = = . 4.5 2475
9. Saric, Ivan CRO 2482 0 0 = 0 1 . 0 = * 0 . 1 3.0 2372
10. Bukal, Vladimir jr m CRO 2443 = 0 . = 0 0 0 = 1 * . = 3.0 2366
11. Brumen, Dinko m CRO 2368 0 0 0 1 0 0 = = . . * = 2.5 2337
12. Bukal, Vladimir m CRO 2426 0 0 0 . = 0 = . 0 = = * 2.0 2260
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The First Saturday November tournaments in Budapest including GM-IM-FM
round robins, took place 4th-14th November 2006. Konstantin Chernyshov won the
GM event with 7/9, no norms were achieved.
Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM November Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-14 xi 2006 cat. VII (2405)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2558 * 1 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2608
2. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2451 0 * 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2566
3. Berczes, David m HUN 2415 1 0 * = = 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2529
4. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2425 = = = * = = = = 1 = 5.0 2445
5. Potapov, Pavel m RUS 2406 = 0 = = * = = = 1 = 4.5 2405
6. Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2432 0 = 0 = = * = = 1 1 4.5 2402
7. Paschall, William M m USA 2374 0 = = = = = * = 0 1 4.0 2365
8. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2333 0 0 = = = = = * 0 = 3.0 2288
9. Papp, Gellert HUN 2324 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * = 2.5 2248
10. Caposciutti, Maurizio f ITA 2333 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = = * 2.0 2193
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1. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2326 * 1 = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 = 7.5 2422
2. Okara, Andrey RUS 2314 0 * = = 1 1 0 1 1 = 1 6.5 2340
3. Werner, Dimo m GER 2347 = = * = 1 = 1 = 0 = = 5.5 2263
4. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2224 = = = * 1 0 = = = = = 5.0 2239
5. Szakolczai, Peter f HUN 2287 0 0 0 0 * = 1 1 1 = 1 5.0 2233
6. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2303 = 0 = 1 = * 0 = = = = 4.5 2195
7. Vazirova, Karina wf RUS 2122 0 1 0 = 0 1 * 0 1 - 1 4.5 2213
8. Horvath, Andras f HUN 2305 0 0 = = 0 = 1 * = = 1 4.5 2195
9. Sallai, Kalman HUN 2168 = 0 1 = 0 = 0 = * 1 0 4.0 2173
10. Rinaldo,John USA ---- 0 = = = = = + = 0 * 0 4.0 2190
11. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2224 = 0 = = 0 = 0 0 1 1 * 4.0 2167
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The FIBDA Iberoamerican Championship took place November 10th-18th 2006
in Huelva, Spain. New FIDE time control 90min + 30secs/ permove for first 40 +
30 30 to finish. 4 groups of 6 players led to a Knockout with a semifinal and
final for the major placings and a Scheveningen tournament for the minor
placings. Lazaro Bruzon beat Manuel Pérez Candelario in the final to win
the event.
Official site: http://www.fibda.com/
Final Stages
Semi-Finals 15th-16th November 2006
GM Lázaro Bruzón (CUB) 1/2 GM Carlos Matamoros (ECU)
GM Carlos Matamoros (ECU) 1/2 GM Lázaro Bruzón (CUB)
IM Manuel Pérez C. (ESP) 1/2 GM Oscar de la RIVA (AND)
GM Oscar de la RIVA (AND) 1/2 IM Manuel Pérez C. (ESP)
Playoffs
Lázaro Bruzón 2 - Carlos Matamoros 1
Manuel Pérez Candelario 3 - Oscar de la Riva 0
5th-8th Playoff 15th-16th November 2006
IM Daniel Barria (CHI) 1-0 IM Rafael Prasca (VEN)
IM Rafael Prasca (VEN) 1-0 IM Daniel Barria (CHI)
GM Oswaldo Zambrana (BOL) 1/2 IM José M. López Martínez (ESP)
IM José M. López Martínez (ESP) 1-0 GM Oswaldo Zambrana (BOL)
Daniel Barría won the playoff 2-1
Final 17th-18th November 2006
IM Manuel Pérez C. (ESP) 1/2 GM Lázaro Bruzón (CUB)
GM Lázaro Bruzón (CUB) 1-0 IM Manuel Pérez C. (ESP)
3rd-4th Playoff 17th-18th November 2006
GM Oscar de la RIVA (AND) 1/2 GM Carlos Matamoros (ECU)
GM Carlos Matamoros (ECU) 1/2 GM Oscar de la RIVA (AND)
5th-6th Playoff 17th-18th November 2006
IM José M. López Martínez (ESP) 1-0 IM Daniel Barria (CHI)
IM Daniel Barria (CHI) 1/2 IM José M. López Martínez (ESP)
7th-8th Playoff 17th-18th November 2006
GM Oswaldo Zambrana (BOL) 1-0 IM Rafael Prasca (VEN)
IM Rafael Prasca (VEN) 1/2 GM Oswaldo Zambrana (BOL)
Final Standings:
1 Lázaro Bruzón
2 Manuel Pérez Candelario
3 Óscar De La Riva
4 Carlos Matamoros
5 Josep Manuel Lopez
6 Daniel Barría
7 Oswaldo Zambrana
8 Raphael Prasca
9 - 10 Antonio Fernandes Julio Granda
11 - 12 Henrique Mecking Fernando Peralta
13 - 14 Reynaldo Vera Ramon Mateo
15 - 16 Krikor Mekhitarian Ernesto Fernandez
17 - 18 Marc Narciso Ismael Teran
19 - 20 Daniel Izquierdo Daniel Campora
21 - 22 Antonio Perera Cesar Zuluaga
23 - 24 Jose A. Guillen Carlos Barrero
There was a Scheveningen tournament to sort out
the minor placings.
Preliminary Group Stages
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1. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2648 * 1 = 1 = 1 4.0 2639
2. Barria, Daniel m CHI 2426 0 * = 1 1 1 3.5 2592
3. Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2510 = = * = = = 2.5 2426
4. Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag m BRA 2425 0 0 = * 1 1 2.5 2443
5. Narciso Dublan, Marc g ESP 2511 = 0 = 0 * 1 2.0 2354
6. Perera Casina, Antonio ESP 2124 0 0 = 0 0 * 0.5 2138
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1. De la Riva Aguado, Oscar g AND 2524 * = = 1 1 1 4.0 2704
2. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2508 = * = 1 1 = 3.5 2617
3. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto m ESP 2442 = = * = 0 1 2.5 2481
4. Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2646 0 0 = * = 1 2.0 2368
5. Barrero Garcia, Carlos f ESP 2313 0 0 1 = * 0 1.5 2358
6. Mateo, Ramon m DOM 2415 0 = 0 0 1 * 1.5 2337
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1. Zambrana, Oswaldo m BOL 2427 * = 1 1 = = 3.5 2607
2. Perez Candelario, Manuel m ESP 2496 = * 0 1 1 1 3.5 2593
3. Peralta, Fernando g ARG 2574 0 1 * = = = 2.5 2428
4. Teran Alvarez, Ismael m ESP 2413 0 0 = * 1 1 2.5 2461
5. Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2530 = 0 = 0 * 1 2.0 2365
6. Zuluaga, Cesar COL 2278 = 0 = 0 0 * 1.0 2248
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1. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S g ECU 2534 * = 1 = = 1 3.5 2564
2. Fernandes, Antonio g POR 2453 = * = = 1 = 3.0 2503
3. Prasca, Raphael m VEN 2448 0 = * 1 = 1 3.0 2504
4. Mecking, Henrique g BRA 2565 = = 0 * 1 1 3.0 2481
5. Izquierdo, Daniel f URU 2310 = 0 = 0 * = 1.5 2311
6. Guillen Ramirez, Jose Antonio f HON 2301 0 = 0 0 = * 1.0 2222
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The International Tournament 'Cidade de Sao Paulo' Festival Prefeitura
took place 11th-19th November, 2006. Prize Fund US$ 15,000.00 Place: Clube de
Xadrez Sao Paulo Town: Sao Paulo. Giovanni Vescovi of Brazil and Andres
Rodriguez of Uruguay scored 8/11.
Official site: http://www.fpx.com.br further info:
http://www.cxsp.com.br/interpmsp2006.htm
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Festival Prefeitura Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 11-19 xi 2006 cat. X (2489)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2592 * 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 = = = 8.0 2654
2. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2496 0 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2663
3. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2601 = = * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2611
4. Fier, Alexander Hilario Takeda m BRA 2490 = = = * = = = = 1 1 1 = 7.0 2590
5. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2591 0 = 1 = * = 0 = = 1 = 1 6.0 2515
6. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2563 = 0 = = = * = = = = 1 1 6.0 2518
7. Bachmann, Axel m PAR 2473 0 = 0 = 1 = * = = 0 = 1 5.0 2454
8. Lima, Darcy g BRA 2466 0 0 = = = = = * 1 = = = 5.0 2454
9. Sunye Neto, Jaime g BRA 2503 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 * = 1 1 4.0 2385
10. Diamant, Andre f BRA 2396 = 0 0 0 0 = 1 = = * 0 = 3.5 2364
11. El Debs, Felipe de Cresce f BRA 2325 = 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 1 * = 3.5 2370
12. Di Berardino, Diego Rafael BRA 2370 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = = * 2.5 2288
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The SK Liburnija chess club is hosting a GM tournament in Rijeka,
Croatia. Robert Markus leads with 4/6.
Official site: http://sah.posluh.hr/liburnija/gmlr-2006.htm
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1. Markus, Robert g SCG 2567 * = . . = = . 1 = 1 4.0 2619
2. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2575 = * = = . = 1 . = . 3.5 2555
3. Vukic, Milan g SCG 2504 . = * = = = = . . 1 3.5 2550
4. Saric, Ante m CRO 2489 . = = * . = . = 1 = 3.5 2547
5. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2529 = . = . * . 0 = 1 1 3.5 2550
6. Bosiocic, Marin f CRO 2448 = = = = . * . = = . 3.0 2517
7. Kovacevic, Blazimir m CRO 2471 . 0 = . 1 . * = = 0 2.5 2447
8. Jovanic, Ognjen m CRO 2458 0 . . = = = = * . = 2.5 2435
9. Hera, Imre jr m HUN 2510 = = . 0 0 = = . * . 2.0 2388
10. Doric, Darko f CRO 2448 0 . 0 = 0 . 1 = . * 2.0 2378
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There were two RGSU tournaments in Moscow 6th-14th November 2006. Games
for the first 8 of 13 rounds are available.
Official site: http://www.rgsu.regionset.ru
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RGSU GM Moscow RUS (RUS), 6-14 xi 2006 cat. VIII (2437)
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1. Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2545 * 1 = = . 0 . 1 1 1 . . 1 6.0 2604
2. Chadaev, Nikolai m RUS 2459 0 * . . = 1 = . . = = 1 1 5.0 2542
3. Mongontuul, Bathuyag wg MGL 2383 = . * = = 1 = . . . 1 = . 4.5 2577
4. Konovalov, Nikolay m RUS 2443 = . = * = = . . 1 . = 1 . 4.5 2555
5. Komliakov, Viktor g MDA 2438 . = = = * = . 1 = = = . . 4.5 2468
6. Kunin, Vitaly g GER 2492 1 0 0 = = * . . 1 . 1 . . 4.0 2498
7. Bagirov, Rufat g AZE 2504 . = = . . . * = 0 = . = 1 3.5 2400
8. Pustov, Pavel RUS 2407 0 . . . 0 . = * . 1 = = 1 3.5 2440
9. Tairova, Elena wg RUS 2415 0 . . 0 = 0 1 . * . = 1 = 3.5 2415
10. Nebolsina, Vera wm RUS 2349 0 = . . = . = 0 . * . 1 = 3.0 2399
11. Krapivin, Alexander m RUS 2459 . = 0 = = 0 . = = . * . . 2.5 2331
12. Sjugirov, Sanan m RUS 2444 . 0 = 0 . . = = 0 0 . * = 2.0 2220
13. Prosviriakov, Vladimir m USA 2346 0 0 . . . . 0 0 = = . = * 1.5 2216
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1. Tonoian, Armen f RUS 2400 * . 1 1 1 . 1 . . 1 = 1 . 6.5 2705
2. Mozharov, Mikhail RUS 2418 . * . . . = 1 = 1 . 1 = 1 5.5 2517
3. Belous, Vladimir RUS 2251 0 . * . 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 0 0 5.0 2408
4. Khamitskiy, Sergei BLR 2323 0 . . * . = . = = = 1 1 1 5.0 2405
5. Kislov, Oleg BLR 2267 0 . 0 . * . . 1 . 1 1 = 1 4.5 2405
6. Zhidkov, Valery S m UKR 2366 . = 0 = . * = = = . . . 1 3.5 2306
7. Plotnikov, Pavel f RUS 2291 0 0 . . . = * = 1 . = 1 0 3.5 2274
8. Castaneda, Georgui m PER 2477 . = 0 = 0 = = * 1 . . . . 3.0 2257
9. Cherenkova, Kristina wm RUS 2238 . 0 . = . = 0 0 * . = . 1 2.5 2223
10. Markosian, David S m ARM 2359 0 . 0 = 0 . . . . * 0 1 1 2.5 2166
11. Bodnaruk, Anastasia wf RUS 2255 = 0 0 0 0 . = . = 1 * . . 2.5 2177
12. Girya, Olga wf RUS 2240 0 = 1 0 = . 0 . . 0 . * . 2.0 2171
13. Drozdova, Dina RUS 2145 . 0 1 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 . . * 2.0 2121
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The Ataturk Satranc Festival 2006 took place in Adana 6th-14th November
2006. Mikheil Mchedlishvili edged out Valeriane Gaprindashvili, Giorgi
Bagaturov and Bachana Morchiashvili on tie-break after all finished on
6.5/8.
Official site: http://ataturkfest.tsf.org.tr/
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Ataturk Festival Open Adana TUR (TUR), 6-14 xi 2006
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1. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2583 6½ 41½ 37 36.50
2. Gaprindashvili, Valeriane g GEO 2481 6½ 40 35 33.75
3. Bagaturov, Giorgi g GEO 2472 6½ 38 33½ 32.75
4. Morchiashvili, Bachana GEO 2397 6½ 37½ 33½ 31.00
5. Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2564 6 41½ 37 33.25
6. Esen, Baris m TUR 2464 6 39 35 30.00
7. Shanava, Konstantine g GEO 2513 6 38 33 30.00
8. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2605 6 37½ 33½ 27.75
9. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2643 6 36½ 32 28.50
10. Guliev, Logman m AZE 2444 6 36 32½ 27.75
11. Hamad, Ahmad f SYR 2286 6 36 32 27.00
12. Bakr, Jwan SYR 2360 6 34 30 25.50
13. Duman, Aydin TUR 2228 5½ 34½ 30½ 22.75
14. Suleimanov, Salman AZE 2280 5½ 32 29 19.50
15. Sulashvili, Malkhaz m GEO 2431 5 38½ 34½ 23.50
16. Odeev, Handszar g TKM 2487 5 36 32 23.00
17. Aroshidze, Levan g GEO 2522 5 36 32 20.50
18. Zarkua, Davit GEO 2411 5 35½ 31½ 21.00
19. Grigoriev, Armen GEO 2347 5 35 31 20.50
20. Isik, Engin Yasar TUR 2172 5 34½ 30½ 21.00
21. Yalim, Suleyman TUR 2125 5 34 30 19.00
22. Taner, Burak TUR 2166 5 33½ 30½ 18.50
23. Alexanian, Nelli wm RUS 2143 5 33 29½ 18.50
24. Buker, Muhittin TUR 2137 5 33 29 21.50
25. Korkmaz, Turhan TUR 2039 5 32½ 29½ 17.00
26. Yener Cemil TUR 1880 5 28 25 17.50
27. Kilic,Umut TUR ---- 5 27½ 24½ 16.25
90 players
The Avtogaz 40 tournament in Togliatti, Russia took place 22nd-29th
October 2006. Pavel Skatchkov won the event with 7/10.
Official site:http://www.samarachess.ru/main/67816/
AVTOGAZ 40 Togliatti RUS (RUS), 22-29 x 2006 cat. IX (2470)
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1 Skatchkov, Pavel m RUS 2489 ** == == == 11 11 7.0 2615
2 Zubarev, Alexander1 g UKR 2490 == ** == == 11 =1 6.5 2576
3 Kovchan, Alexander g UKR 2518 == == ** == 1= 1= 6.0 2532
4 Zagrebelny, Sergey g UZB 2484 == == == ** == 10 5.0 2467
5 Alavkin, Arseny m RUS 2504 00 00 0= == ** 1= 3.0 2314
6 Kazancev, Valerij M RUS 2335 00 =0 0= 01 0= ** 2.5 2304
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The Femida men's and women's tournaments took place in Kharkiv, Ukraine
31st October - 8th November 2006. Valeriy Aveskulov won the main category VII
event with 8.5/11 a point clear of the field.
Official site: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t103.html
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Femida Kharkiv UKR (UKR), 31 x-8 xi 2006 cat. VII (2421)
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1. Aveskulov, Valeriy g UKR 2495 * 1 = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2625
2. Zubarev, Alexander g UKR 2490 0 * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2547
3. Kovchan, Alexander g UKR 2518 = = * = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 0 7.0 2514
4. Isajevsky, Anton f RUS 2457 = = = * = = = 1 = = = = 6.0 2453
5. Arzumanian, Georgy m ARM 2448 = = = = * 0 = 1 = 1 0 1 6.0 2454
6. Erdogdu, Mert m TUR 2383 0 = 0 = 1 * = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2460
7. Smirnov, Igor UKR m UKR 2439 = = 0 = = = * 0 = = 1 = 5.0 2383
8. Simonian, Hrair ARM 2334 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 * = 1 1 = 5.0 2393
9. Aguettaz, Maxime f FRA 2300 = 0 0 = = 0 = = * = 1 = 4.5 2367
10. Lushenkov, Mikhail m RUS 2393 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 = * = 1 4.0 2321
11. Atakisi, Umut m TUR 2394 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 0 0 = * 1 3.5 2290
12. Ajrapetjan, Yuriy m UKR 2403 0 0 1 = 0 0 = = = 0 0 * 3.0 2247
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1. Burtasova, Anna wm RUS 2264 * 1 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2532
2. Matseyko, Katerina wm UKR 2318 0 * 1 = = = = 1 1 1 0 1 7.0 2320
3. Vozovic, Oksana wg UKR 2352 0 0 * = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2317
4. Chistiakova, Tamara wf RUS 2314 1 = = * 0 0 = 1 1 1 1 0 6.5 2284
5. Moskalets, Svetlana UKR 2173 0 = = 1 * 0 = = = = 1 1 6.0 2267
6. Golubenko, Valentina wf EST 2236 0 = 0 1 1 * = 0 = = 1 1 6.0 2262
7. Karlovich, Anastazia wg UKR 2276 = = = = = = * = = = = = 5.5 2222
8. Borisova, Elizaveta RUS 2182 0 0 = 0 = 1 = * 0 1 1 1 5.5 2231
9. Dvoretska, Olena wm UKR 2153 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 * = 1 1 5.0 2197
10. Mokhova, Kristina wf RUS 2108 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 = * = 1 3.5 2104
11. Doluhanova, Evgeniya wg UKR 2219 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * = 2.5 2016
12. Gorbatenko, Kateryna UKR 2129 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 0 0 = * 2.0 1973
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The Petersburg Autumn Open took place in St Petersburg 31st October -
8th November 2006. Maksim Karalkin won the event with 7.5/9.
Official site: http://www.chigorin.ru/2006/pautumn/A/
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Petersburg Autumn St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 31 x-8 xi 2006
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1. Karalkin, Maksim RUS 2303 7.5 2572
2. Feofanov, Denis RUS 2351 7.0 2468
3. Shchukin, Dmitry m RUS 2336 7.0 2485
4. Utkin, Aleksey f RUS 2374 6.5 2416
5. Turikov, Viktor RUS 2365 6.5 2413
6. Karasev, Vladimir I m RUS 2378 6.5 2355
7. Kryschilovskij, Andrej m RUS 2339 6.0 2294
8. Melnikov, Dmitry f RUS 2352 6.0 2331
9. Sivokho, Sergey m RUS 2476 6.0 2371
10. Urjubdshzirov, Erdni RUS 2197 6.0 2397
11. Yerastov, Alexey RUS 2253 6.0 2253
12. Giri, Anish RUS 2183 5.5 2344
13. Bogdanov, Aleksey RUS 2196 5.5 2341
14. Bryndin, Vladimir RUS 2229 5.5 2291
15. Frolochkin, Vladimir RUS 2232 5.5 2292
16. Churkin, Vitaly RUS 2309 5.5 2311
17. Biriukov, Oleg V m RUS 2374 5.5 2256
18. Hort, Artur RUS 2125 5.5 2288
19. Gorovykh, Eduard f RUS 2341 5.5 2282
20. Ivkina, Olga wm RUS 2206 5.5 2241
21. Vunder, Andrey RUS 2284 5.5 2196
22. Kuzmin, Yuriy RUS 2126 5.5 2244
23. Korchagina, Viktoria RUS 2091 5.0 2386
24. Nadjezhdin, Dmitry RUS 2238 5.0 2309
25. Rodkin, Felix RUS 2171 5.0 2193
26. Korennoi, Viktor RUS 2199 5.0 2163
27. Gnidenko, Andrey RUS 2103 5.0 2136
28. Sinajskij, Anatolij RUS 2114 5.0 2153
29. Eltsov, Valery RUS 2111 5.0 2094
74 players
The NWAPA Rector Cup took place in St Petersburg 30th October - 7th
November 2006. Michail Brodsky won the event with 6.5/9.
Official site: http://chigorin.ru/main.htm
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1. Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2566 * = = = 1 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2616
2. Kim, Alexey g KOR 2428 = * = = 1 1 = = = 1 6.0 2590
3. Matlakov, Maxim RUS 2440 = = * = = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2544
4. Anisimov, Pavel m RUS 2527 = = = * 0 0 1 = 1 = 4.5 2454
5. Smirnov, Artem m RUS 2375 0 0 = 1 * 1 0 1 = = 4.5 2471
6. Ivanov, Alexey3 f RUS 2437 0 0 = 1 0 * 1 0 = 1 4.0 2421
7. Khruschiov, Alexey m MDA 2488 = = = 0 1 0 * = = 0 3.5 2379
8. Lintchevski, Daniil m RUS 2455 = = 0 = 0 1 = * = 0 3.5 2382
9. Lutsko, Igor g BLR 2489 0 = = 0 = = = = * = 3.5 2378
10. Lovkov, Roman f RUS 2414 0 0 0 = = 0 1 1 = * 3.5 2387
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7th International Chess Festival LIBEREC OPEN 2006 and 5th European
Veterans Championship in Draughts have been finished on Saturday 18th November
2006. This event was held under the financial support of the Liberec city and
it took place within the frame of the 6th CZECH TOUR Series.
The absolute winner of the main chess tournaments, which was held at
the Liberec Hotel, was Polish international master Dariusz Mikrut, who won also
additional tournaments in active chess (2 x 15 min) and blitz chess (2 x 5
min.). Czech FM Jan Baros finished in the 2nd place before Russian FM
Chudinovskich. Katerina Nemcova was the most successful among women and juniors
up to 16 years of age and she was 9th in the absolute placing. Milan Snorek was
the best senior and he finished in the 24th place. Altogether 109 players from
the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Russia,
Switzerland and Argentina started in the tournament, among them 3 international
masters and 3 FIDE masters.
International grandmaster Laimonis Zalitis from Latvia became European
champion in draughts in the category of over 50 years of age and so he
celebrated with dignity the public holiday of his young country. Frank Teer
from the Netherlands obtained the same number of points and was the second. His
countryman Ivens became European champion over 60 years of age and he was 3rd
in the absolute placing. Krista, who finished in the 7th place, was the best
Czech player. Altogether 19 players from the Czech Republic, Russia, Latvia,
the Netherlands, France, Portugal, Hungary and Israel participated in the
tournament. News: Jan Mazuch.
Official site: http://www.avekont.cz/liberec
LIBEREC OPEN 2006 - final placing:
Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 IM Mikrut Dariusz POL 2426 7,5 52,5 41,0 2170
2 FM Bartos Jan CZE 2194 7,0 50,5 39,0 2131
3 FM Chudinovskikh Alexander M RUS 2340 7,0 50,0 39,5 2159
4 Benes Petr CZE 2212 7,0 45,5 35,0 2082
5 IM Leskovar Mario ARG 2373 6,5 52,5 41,0 2095
6 Haba Zdenek Ing. CZE 2207 6,5 48,5 37,5 2129
7 Pinc Miroslav CZE 2192 6,5 45,5 34,5 2075
8 Staberhofer Rainer AUT 2211 6,0 47,5 37,0 2090
9 Nemcova Katerina CZE 2139 6,0 47,0 37,0 2015
10 IM Vavra Pavel CZE 2295 6,0 47,0 36,5 1970
11 Vales Vaclav CZE 2170 6,0 47,0 36,0 2039
12 Jiruse Josef CZE 2114 6,0 44,0 33,5 2026
13 FM Kozak Milos Ing. CZE 2257 6,0 42,5 33,5 2000
14 Grochowalski Pawel POL 2123 6,0 40,5 31,5 1869
15 Krumphals Friedrich AUT 2142 5,5 51,0 40,5 2126
16 Natsidis Christoph GER 2177 5,5 49,5 38,5 2125
17 Rattinger Friedrich AUT 2138 5,5 49,0 38,5 2050
18 Pietsch Andreas DI. GER 2073 5,5 49,0 38,0 2033
19 Cakl Zdenek CZE 2106 5,5 48,0 37,0 2022
20 Kohout Jan Ing. CZE 2001 5,5 46,0 37,0 2073
21 Berendsen Markus GER 1890 5,5 46,0 35,5 2097
22 Karhanek Pavel CZE 2241 5,5 45,5 38,5 2165
23 Broekman Willem NED 2151 5,5 45,5 36,5 2068
24 Snorek Milan Ing. CZE 2148 5,5 45,5 35,0 1998
25 Blahacek Evzen Ing. CZE 2116 5,5 45,0 35,0 2041
26 Rattinger Thomas AUT 2110 5,5 44,5 34,0 2041
27 Huijzer Johannes NED 1943 5,5 40,5 33,5 1949
28 Pawlowski Slawomir POL 2113 5,0 47,5 37,0 2019
29 Adamek Przemyslaw POL 1946 5,0 47,0 37,0 2061
30 Ruzicka Milan CZE 2059 5,0 47,0 36,5 1973
31 Skrzypczak Anna POL 1954 5,0 47,0 36,5 1958
32 Porschberg Thomas GER 1980 5,0 46,5 36,5 1958
33 Noordhoek Henk NED 2108 5,0 46,0 35,0 2024
34 Adema Johan NED 1889 5,0 45,5 35,5 2066
35 Braun Marek CZE 1966 5,0 44,5 37,0 2026
36 Fiala Jan CZE 2025 5,0 44,0 36,0 2003
37 Kozak Petr MUDr. CZE 2157 5,0 43,5 34,5 1988
38 Paldus Petr CZE 2102 5,0 43,5 34,0 1955
39 Brauer Christian GER 2160 5,0 43,0 33,5 1979
40 Vymetal Milan CZE 2038 5,0 42,0 33,5 1928
41 Sirota Sergej CZE 2027 5,0 42,0 33,0 1941
42 Sott Pavel CZE 2121 5,0 41,5 32,0 1953
43 Stehlik Jiri CZE 2117 5,0 40,5 30,5 1979
44 Hollmann Zdenek CZE 2046 5,0 39,5 31,0 1809
45 Boruvka Radim CZE 1696 5,0 39,5 30,5 1965
46 Preiser Henrik CZE 1964 5,0 39,0 32,0 1799
47 Simkin Alexander RUS 1964 5,0 39,0 29,5 1763
48 Najman Jan JUDr. CZE 2070 5,0 39,0 29,0 1870
49 Schiefner Ray GER 2010 5,0 38,5 30,0 1939
50 Malec Jan Ing. CZE 2061 5,0 34,0 26,5 1788
109 players
The Belgian League 2006-7 saw the third round of the event on 5th
November 2006. News: Valery Maes.
Further details: http://users.pandora.be/vmaes/interclub/
and http://www.schakers.info
Results Round 3 05-11-06
CRELEL - KBSK 2 5 - 3
CE Namur - Leuven C. 6 - 2
SK Rochade - KBSK 1 5.5 - 2.5
Eynatten 1 - Borgerhout 5 - 3
Eynatten 2 - Boey Temse 5.5 - 2.5
CREC - KGSRL 5.5 - 2.5
Standings after 3 rounds
Rnk Team Bdpts
1. CREC 18
2. CRELEL 18
3. CE Namur 16
4. Eynatten 2 15
5. SK Rochade 15
6. Eynatten 1 13
7. KBSK 1 11
8. KGSRL 8.5
9. KBSK 2 8
10. Boey Temse 8
11. Borgerhout 7.5
12. Leuven Centraal 6
Torstein Bae reports that the first three rounds of the Norwegian Team
League 2006-2007 were played in Oslo 10th to 12th of November. For the first
time a national league is being played in Norway, in previous years there have
been regional qualifiers and a final. The league is sponsored by IP
communications company Telio, and goes under the name "Telioserien" (The Telio
league).
Oslo Schakselskap (with GMs Johannessen and Gausel) was the only team
to score three wins the first weekend, whilst reigning champion Porsgrunn (with
GM Lie) scored two wins and a draw. Among the other players the first weekend
were GMs Djurhuus, Tisdall, Miezis and Kveinys.
The next three rounds are played 12th to 14th January. The final three
rounds are played March 9th to 11th.
Official homepage: http://www.sjakk.no/telioserien (in
Norwegian).
Standings after three rounds:
OSS 3 3 0 0 14,0 6
Porsgrunn 3 2 1 0 12,5 5
Oslo Vest 3 2 0 1 9,0 4
Asker 3 1 1 1 10,0 3
1911 3 1 1 1 8,0 3
Bergens 3 1 1 1 8,0 3
Trondheim 3 1 0 2 9,0 2
Akademisk 3 1 0 2 8,0 2
Moss 3 1 0 2 7,0 2
Randaberg 3 0 0 3 4,5 0
The Dutch Team Championship Meesterklasse takes place 23rd October 2006
- 12th May 2006. The first three rounds have already taken place. Ivanchuk,
Tiviakov and Ivan Sokolov are amongst the players who have already played.
Dutch Chess Federation: http://www.schaakbond.nl/ - Meesterklasse
Games side bar at: http://www.schakers.info/ - Photo report
at: http://www.chessvista.com
Round 3 Standings
Meesterklasse Mp Bp 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1. HSG 6 21½ x . . 7 . . . 6½ . 8
2. HMC Calder 6 19 . x . . 6½ . . . 6 6½
3. Share Dimension Groningen 5 17½ . . x . . . . 5½ 5 7
4. Homburg Apeldoorn 4 17 3 . . x . 6 8 . . .
5. ESGOO 3 15½ . 3½ . . x . 5 . 7 .
6. SO Rotterdam 2 14 . . . 4 . x 5 5 . .
7. SMB 2 12 . . . 2 5 5 x . . .
8. Utrecht 1 13 3½ . 4½ . . 5 . x . .
9. LSG 1 12 . 4 5 . 3 . . . x .
10. Zukertort Amstelveen 0 8½ 2 3½ 3 . . . . . . x
123 chessplayers competed in three tournaments during "Autunno
Scacchistico Veneziano", organised together, from November 3 to November 5, by
"Esteban Canal Chess Club" and by "Carlo Salvioli Chess Club" of Venice.
The Master Tournament (Rating > 2000) with 44 players, was won by
the Serbian international master Andjelko Dragojlovic.
The Open A tournament (1700 < Rating < 2050) was won by Francesco
Gobbo from Udine and Mose’ Battagin from Padua both with 4,5 of 5 (45
players) and the
Open B Tournament, with 44 players, by Davide Prenassi (Udine) and
Corrado Franceschini (Venice) both with 4,5 of 5. News: Antonio Rosino.
Further details: http://www.veneziascacchi.org
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Venetian Autumn Chess Open Venice ITA (Italy), 3 xi – 5 xi 2006
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1. im Dragojlovic, Andjelko SRB 2383 4.5 of 5 12.0
2. gm Blagojevic, Dragisa SRB 2534 4 14.5
3. gm Drasko, Milan SRB 2547 4 14.0
4. Bonafede, Alessandro ITA 2205 4 13.0
5. Dvirnyy, Daniyyl ITA 2323 4 12.5
6. Barletta, Mauro ITA 2244 4 11.0
7. gm Efimov, Igor ITA 2412 3,5 12.0
8. Redo, Giorgio ITA 2048 3.5 11.5
9 im Laketic, Gojko SRB 2441 3 14.0
10. Xia Jie ITA 2153 3 13.5
11. Pomaro, Alberto ITA 2057 3 13.5
12. Del Monaco, Andrea ITA 2248 3 13.0
13. Giuriati, Paolo ITA 2224 3 12.5
14. Coratella, Giuseppe ITA 2224 3 11.0
15. fm Ginocchio, Daniele ITA 2338 3 10.5
16. Pechy, Alaster ITA 2176 3 9.5
17. Massironi, Marco ITA 2193 3 9.5
18. You, Zi Chih Stefano ITA 1998 3 9.0
19. Pastres, Roberto ITA 2104 2.5 13.5
20. Vinello, Enrico ITA 2164 2.5 13.0
21. Rorato, Giovanni ITA 2039 2.5 12.5
22. fm Molina, Fabrizio ITA 2276 2.5 11.5
23. Cristiani, Cesare ITA 2163 2.5 11.0
24. Zoldan, Matteo ITA 2103 2.5 10.0
25. Pfeifer, Andreas FRA 2130 2.5 9.5
26. Allegranti, Luca ITA 2023 2.5 9.5
27. Mileto, Gabriele ITA 2189 2.5 9.5
28. Cereda, Loris ITA 2056 2.0 12.5
29. Guclu, Yaman ITA 2026 2.0 12.5
30. Faccia, Sergio ITA 2023 2.0 11.5
31. Novelli, Cristiano ITA 2117 2.0 10.5
32. Rorato, Renzo ITA 2100 2.0 10.0
33. Gallo, Enrico ITA 2061 2.0 10.0
34. Lavric, Mihail CRO 2012 2.0 9.5
35. Di Lascio, Savino ITA 2030 1.5 12.0
36. Grandesso, Emanuele ITA 1967 1.5 11.5
37. Rossato, Armando ITA 2093 1.5 10.0
38. Zarpellon, Daniel ITA 1995 1.5 10.0
39. Velluti, Alberto ITA 2007 1.5 9.0
40. Fattorelli, Luciano ITA 2059 1.5 9.0
41. Zanin, Dario ITA 2054 1.0 10.5
42. Omeri, Silvan ITA 2103 1.0 8.0
43. Quaranta, Cristiano ITA 2086 0.0 10.0
44. Battistini, Matteo ITA 2112 0.0 9.0
81 team from five nations played in the 8th edition of the annual
International Student Team Tournament in Liceo "Marco Foscarini" of Venice from
10th-11th November 2006.
The Tournament, born to give the opportunity for playing international
chess to school teams, is played every year in one of the towns who participate
to the tournament.
The first edition, Vienna 1999, was played by Vienna, Colonia and
Venice. The 2006 edition saw a partecipation of Colonia (Germany), Vienna
(Austria), Znojmo (Czech Republic), Venice (Italy) and, for the first time,
Koper and Pirano from Slovenia.
In the section U19 competed 28 teams (four boards; seven rounds of
rapid chess: 30 minutes followed by 10 seconds for every move); in the section
U16 competed 53 teams (four boards; seven rounds of rapid chess: 40 minutes).
Venice gained the Special Cup for the best results of the towns involved;
Vienna was second and Colonia third.
The Cup for the best result of a single school was conquered by LS
"Giovan Battista Benedetti" (Venice) won the special prize for the best school;
LGS "Marco Foscarini" (Venice) was second, GRG 16 (Vienna) third and
Gymnázium "K. Polesného" (Znojmo) fourth. News: Antonio
Rosino.
Further details:
http:\\www.scacchi.liceofoscarini.it/venezia2006
U19 (28 teams)
1. LS "G. B. Benedetti" A (Venice) 22 of 28 (14 of 14)
2. LGS "M. Foscarini" A (Venice) 21 (10)
3. IIS "G. Veronese" (Chioggia - Venice) 20 (11)
4. Gimnazija Koper (Koper) 18 (10)
5. Franklinstrasse (Vienna) 17.5 (8)
6. GRG Ödenburgerstrasse (Vienna) 16,5 (8)
7. Gymnázium "K. Polesného" (Znojmo) 16 (9)
8. LS "G. Bruno" (Mestre – Venice) 16 (7)
9. SMN "F. Morosini" A (Venice) 15 (9)
10. Gymnasium Schaurtestrasse (Colonia) 15 (8)
U16 (53 teams)
1. GRG 16 A (Vienna) 26.5 of 28 (14 of 14)
2. GRG 16 B (Vienna) 20 (12)
3. LS "G. B. Benedetti" B (Venice) 19 (11)
4. LS "G. B. Benedetti" A (Venice) 19 (10)
5. LGS "Foscarini" A (Venice) 18.5 (10)
6. SMS "Dante Alighieri" A (Venice) 18 (10)
7. Gymnázium "K. Polesného" (Znojmo) 17.5 (9)
8. GRG Franklinstrasse A (Vienna) 17.5 (9)
9. SMS "Pascoli" A (Venice) 17.5 (9)
10. LGS "Foscarini" B (Venice) 17 (9)
The semi-finals of the US Chess League took place on 15th November 2006
on ICC. The result was that the New York Knights will take on the San Francisco
Mechanics in the final on the 29th of November.
News: Greg Shahade.
Official site: http://www.uschessleague.com
SemiFinals - Wednesday November 15th
1. Boston Blitz vs New York Knights: New York 3-1
2. San Francisco Mechanics vs Seattle Sluggers: San Francisco 3-1
Boston vs New York
1. GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs GM Pascal Charbonneau (NY) 1/2-1/2
2. IM Irina Krush (NY) vs IM Igor Foygel (BOS) 1-0
3. NM Charles Riordan (BOS) vs FM Robert Hess (NY) 1/2-1/2
4. Matthew Herman (NY) vs NM Ilya Krasik (BOS) 1-0
San Francisco vs Seattle
1. IM Josh Friedel (SF) vs GM Gregory Serper (SEA) 1-0
2. IM Gregory Orlov (SEA) vs IM Vinay Bhat (SF) 1/2-1/2
3. IM David Pruess (SF) vs FM Marcel Milat (SEA) 1/2-1/2
4. Michael Lee (SEA) vs Sam Shankland (SF) 0-1
USCL Finals - Wednesday November 29th
1. New York Knights vs San Francisco Mechanics
(if tied a tiebreak will follow, colors not yet determined)
The LXXI Spanish Championship takes place in León, 22nd-30th
November 2006.
Official site:
http://www.campeonatoespanaajedrez2006.com/inicio.htm
Players:
1 Vallejo Pons, Francisco GM AND 2674
2 Illescas Córdoba, Miguel GM AND 2620
3 Arizmendi Martínez, Julen GM VAL 2540
4 Rivas Pastor, Manuel GM AND 2511
5 Del Río Angelis, Salvador G. GM AND 2492
6 Pérez Candelario, Manuel IM EXT 2496
7 López Martínez, Josep Manel IM CAT 2508
8 Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio IM CTM 2493
9 Narciso Dublan, Marc GM CAT 2511
10 Gómez Esteban, Juan Mario GM VAS 2486
11 Fernández García, José Luís GM CAN 2470
12 García Castro, Pablo FM GAL 2390
The 3rd and 4th rounds of the 4NCL took place 11th-12th November 2006.
Games from round 4 now available.
Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk
The Romanian Team Championships took place 4th-12th November 2006 in
Predeal. C.S. AEM-LUXTEN Timisoara and A.C.S. SAH APA-NOVA Bucuresti finished
on 35 points. In each section 10 teams played round robin. Men competition was
one of the closest in recent years. The winner and the relegated teams were
known only in the closing stages of the last round. News: Doru Ionescu.
Official site: http://www.frsah.ro/
Final rankings
Nr. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Tot
1. C.S. AEM-LUXTEN TIMISOARA ### 4,0 3,0 4,0 3,5 3,5 3,5 3,0 5,5 5,0 35
2. A.C.S. SAH APA-NOVA BUCURESTI 2,0 ### 3,0 4,5 4,5 4,0 3,5 3,0 5,0 5,5 35
3. C.S. DINAMO BRASOV 3,0 3,0 ### 3,5 2,5 3,5 2,5 5,0 5,5 4,0 32,5
4. C.S. MEDICINA TIMISOARA 2,0 1,5 2,5 ### 2,5 3,0 4,0 3,5 5,0 4,5 28,5
5. C.S. CONTOR ZENNER ARAD 2,5 1,5 3,5 3,5 ### 3,5 2,5 2,5 5,0 3,5 28
6. S.C. HIDROCON BACAU 2,5 2,0 2,5 3,0 2,5 ### 3,5 3,5 4,5 4,0 28
7. C.S. PROGRESUL BUCURESTI 2,5 2,5 3,5 2,0 3,5 2,5 ### 3,5 2,5 5,0 27,5
8. S.C. JUVENTUS BUCURESTI 3,0 3,0 1,0 2,5 3,5 2,5 2,5 ### 2,5 6,0 26,5
9. C.S. VOINTA SATU-MARE 0,5 1,0 0,5 1,0 1,0 1,5 3,5 3,5 ### 3,5 16
10. CLUBUL CENTRAL DE SAH BUCURESTI 1,0 0,5 2,0 1,5 2,5 2,0 1,0 0,0 2,5 ### 13,5
Women
Nr. Echipa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Criteriu
departaj
1. C.S. CONTOR ZENNER ARAD ### 1,5 1,5 1,5 3,0 1,0 2,0 2,5 2,5 3,0 18,5
2. A.S. HIDROCON BACAU 1,5 ### 2,0 2,0 1,5 2,0 1,0 1,5 2,5 3,0 17 Victoria directa
3. C.S. AEM-LUXTEN TIMISOARA 1,5 1,0 ### 1,0 1,0 3,0 2,5 2,5 1,5 3,0 17 Victoria directa
4. C.S. UNIVERSITATEA AGORA ORADEA 1,5 1,0 2,0 ### 1,5 1,5 2,5 1,0 1,5 2,5 15
5. A.C.S. SAH APA-NOVA BUCURESTI 0,0 1,5 2,0 1,5 ### 1,5 2,0 1,5 2,5 2,0 14,5
6. C.S. PROGRESUL BUCURESTI 2,0 1,0 0,0 1,5 1,5 ### 1,0 2,5 2,5 2,0 14
7. CLUBUL CENTRAL DE SAH BUCURESTI 1,0 2,0 0,5 0,5 1,0 2,0 ### 1,5 2,5 2,5 13,5
8. C.S. MEDICINA TIMISOARA 0,5 1,5 2,5 2,0 1,5 0,5 1,5 ### 3,0 2,0 13
9. C.S. DIANA GALATI 0,5 0,5 1,5 1,5 0,5 0,5 0,5 0,0 ### 2,0 7,5
10. C.S. UNIVERSITATEA BRASOV 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,5 1,0 1,0 0,5 1,0 1,0 ### 5
George Mirijanian reports: The 12th Boston University Open took place on
11th November 2006 in the George Sherman Union at Boston University in Boston,
Massachusetts, USA. GM Alexander Ivanov of Newton, Mass. tied for 1st-3rd place
with FM William Kelleher of Watertown, Mass., and U.S. Chess Federation-rated
expert Max Malyuta of Rhode Island. All three tallied 3.5-0.5. Capturing 4th
place with a 3-1 score was national master Paul MacIntyre of Malden, Mass.
Deadlocked in 5th-13th place with 2.5-1.5 results were FM Christopher Chase of
Somerville, Mass., national master Max Enkin of Peabody, Mass., WIM Esther
Epstein of Newton, Mass., national experts Melvin Zhang of Roslindale, Mass.,
Christopher Williams of Brighton, Mass., Lawyer Times of Hyde Park, Mass., Roza
Eynullayeva of Boston, Mass., and Peter Chubinsky of Chestnut Hill, Mass., as
well as Class A entrant Stephen Brudno of Brookline, Mass. The tournament drew
100 players in three sections and was directed by Bernardo Iglesias of
Braintree, Mass., for the sponsoring Boston University Chess Club. He was
assisted by Dana Monnier of Brookline, Mass. Complete crosstables are available
at http://masschess.org
ACP Tour Report August - October
Read the ACP Tour Report August - October 2006.
Read the report:
http://www.chess-players.org/eng/news/viewarticle.html?id=579
Swiss Chess Tour 2007
The Swiss Chess Tour 2007 starts in Basle in the New Year
(1.-7.1.2007.). Venue of Chess Festival for 9th time is Hotel Hilton in Basle.
Hilton Open (1-7.1.2007.) 7 Rounds, 6 hours (2 hours for 40 moves + 60
minutes for complete the game.) Prizes:
2000/1500/1200/800/600/500/2x400/2x300/5x200 CHF. Special prizes 200 CHF for
best Lady, Senior (1947), junior (1987-90), schoolboy (1991). Enter fee: 140
CHF (FM and juniors 70 CHF) GM & IM free. At the door 20 CHF.
Players so far for Basle: GM Ulf Andersson (SWE), GM Borislav Ivkov
(SCG), GM Andrei Sokolov (FRA), GM Miso Cebalo (CRO), GM Igor Rausis (BAN), GM
Nenad Sulava (CRO), GM Stefan Djuric (SCG), IM Martin Senff (GER), IM Simon
Kuemin (SUI) etc.
Basle amateur (1-7.1.2007.) 7 Rounds, 4 hours (90 minutes 30 moves + 30
minutes to complete the game). Players under 1900 rating (FIDE or national).
Enter fee: 120 CHF (juniors 60 CHF). At the door 20 CHF. Prizes:
500/400/2x300/2x200/4x150 CHF.
Basle juniors (2.1.2007.) 7 Rounds, 15 minutes for the game. Juniors
1987 and younger. Enter fee 5 CHF. Natural prizes for all players.
Basel Lighting Chess (6.1.2007. from 14.00 to 16.00) 9 Rounds, 5
minutes. Enter fee: 20 CHF (juniors 5 CHF). Prizes 300/200/150/2x100/2x50 CHF
natural prizes for everybody 50% and more points.
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+62+9654-650,
fax +41+62+9654-651 E-mail info@beochess.ch Further information:
http://www.beochess.ch or
http://yubc.net/~yuchess
Italian Championship
Players: GM Michele Godena, GM Carlo Garcia-Palermo, IM Daniel Contin,
IM Fabio Bruno, IM Sabino Brunello (17 years old), IM Daniele Vocaturo (16
years old), IM Federico Manca, IM Fabiano Caruana (14 years old), IM Pierluigi
Piscopo, IM Giulio Borgo, IM Spartaco Sarno, FM Michelangelo Scalcione.
XVI Pamplona Open
The XVI Pamplona Open takes place 21st-29th December 2006.
Official site: http://www.chesspamplona.com/
Austrian Team Championship
The first three rounds of the Austrian Team Championship took place in
Graz 3rd-5th November 2006.
Schedule: R 01-03: 03.11.-05.11.2006, Graz (Hotel Novapark) R 04-07:
18.01.-21.01.2007, Leoben (Gösserbräu) R 08-11: 08.03.-11.03.2007,
Mattersburg
Official site: http://www.chess.at/staatsligen/stl_a.htm
Slovenian Chess Centre
The Slovenian Chess Federation opened a centre on the 21st October 2006.
Official site: http://www.sah-zveza.si/news/0610/sahdom/
Pierre Barthélémy Chess Blog
Pierre Barthélémy Chess Blog in French:
http://echecs-info.blogspot.com
II Magistral 5 Soles
The II Magistral 5 Soles took place 3rd-11th November 2006. Details may
become available.
Official site: http://www.comunic.com.br/xadrez/
Insel-Seniorenturnier
The Insel-Seniorenturnier takes place in Wyk auf Föhr im Hotel
"Schloss am Meer" 8th-16th November 2006.
Official site: http://www.schach-info.de/wyk/teil.html
10th A.V.Momot Memorial
The 10th A.V.Momot Memorial takes place November 11th-12th 2006 in
Kramatorsk (Ukraine).
Participants: GMs Eljanov (2658), Areshchenko (2640), Efimenko (2612),
Brodsky (2566), Kuzubov (2559), Lahno (2459), Andreev (2459) etc.
Official site: http://www.chess.krm.dn.ua/memor.htm
Hungarian tournaments November 2006 - March 2007
The list of the chess tournaments from November 2006 until March 2007
in Hungary:
1. 4th-17th of November FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM round robins (BERGER-
ROUND ROBIN), 9-13 games, GM-IM norm possibilities in Budapest, venue:
Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor. Organisation: Nagy
Laszlo, FIDE International Chess Organizer NL, E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Other website:
http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat
Phone-fax: +(361)-2632859, cellphone: +(36)-30-230-1914 From 12:00 a.m. until
midnight - Central European Time - GMT+1 hour.
2. 18th-26th of November, Kecskemet, IM Berger tmt, org: Dr.Erdelyi,
Tamas, e-mail: postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Website:
http://www.caissachessbooks.hu
Usually also in the second half of the month IM tmt-s in Kecskemet. 100 km
South from Budapest.
3.. 16th-24th of of November, TENKES KUPA - OPEN, Harkány, 250
km South West from Budapest, (First prize: 400 000 Ft) Organizer: Mr FULOP,
Csaba E-mail: fulopcsa@invitel.hu. http://www.baranyasakk.hu
4. 2nd.-15th of December, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM events, org: NL
5. 5th-13th of January 2007 - EVADNYITO (SEASON STARTING) Open, First
prize: 100 000 Ft (1 EURO = 258 Ft now) Prize found: 300 000 Ft. Budapest, org:
Marti György, more info: Nagy Laszlo, firstsat@hu.inter.net
6. 3rd-16th of February 2007 FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM, Info: NL
7. 3rd-16th of March FS Budapest, GM-IM-FM, info NL.
8. 16th-24th of March Budapest Spring Festival Open, (Prize found
promised 1 million HUF), organizer: Pali Gabor, other info NL.
ACP Rapid Cup in Odessa
The Association of Chess Professionals
http://www.chess-players.org/eng/index.html
have announced their first major event. The 1st ACP World Rapid Cup is set to
take place in Odessa in the Ukraine 4th-8th January 2007. The event will be
sponsored by the Bank Pivdennyi based in Odessa. The venue will be the Hotel
Londonskaya. The tournament organisers are the Bank Pivdennyi and the
Association of Chess Professionals. The total prize fund will amount to 136,000
US Dollars. 16 grandmasters will participate in this Knock-Out tournament. The
time control will be 20 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 5
seconds per move.
Thus, following players will be officially invited: Vladimir Kramnik
(world champion, Russia), Viswanathan Anand (world champion in rapid chess,
India), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Levon Aronian (winner of the 2005 World
Cup and Olympic Champion, Armenia), Peter Leko (Hungary), Boris Gelfand
(Israel), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Alexei Shirov (Spain), Sergey
Rublevsky (Russia), Evgeny Bareev (Russia), Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany),
Penteala Harikrishna (India), Ivan Sokolov (The Netherlands), Viorel Bologan
(Moldova).
All these 14 players belong to the elite of modern chess, while 6 of
them are currently ranked in the Top Ten of the rating list. They are also
members of the Association of Chess Professionals. As Viswanathan Anand and
Viorel Bologan finished in the top eight of both ACP Tours, two places in the
First ACP World Rapid Cup remain vacant. The Bank Pivdennyi and the ACP will
soon decide in common to whom they will award these “Wild Cards”.
Detailed press release:
http://www.chess-players.org/eng/news/viewarticle.html?id=573
66th Italian Championship
The 66th Italian Championship takes place 21st November - 4th December
2006. The tournament will consist of 11 players in a round robin at Hotel
Impero in Cremona. Games will be played on DGT boards, and viewable live at the
Italian Chess Federation web site.
Official tournament information:
http://federscacchi.it/doc/notcom/d20060902032222_bando_66.pdf
Official federation site: http://www.federscacchi.it/
Rilton Cup
The Rilton Cup takes place 27th December 2006 - 5th January 2007.
Details and entry.
Official site: http://www.rilton.se/
Czech Chess Christmas 2006
Czech Chess Christmas 2006 Litomysl (CZE) 26.12.2006-1.1.2007 8th
christmas chess FIDE tournament, swiss system of 9 round, rate of game 2 x 1,5h
+ 30s/move, prize fund 61.000 CZK (1st prize 20.000 CZK = 680 EUR), special
conditions for IM, WGM and GM, New Year’s Eve programme. Contact:
Proclient s.r.o., Jaroslav Fuksik, Svedska 3, 772 00 Olomouc, mobil: 608 364
664, e-mail: a64@proclient.cz, web: http://www.a64.cz
Fischer on the Radio
Bobby Fischer appeared on the Icelandic private radio station Utvarp
Saga on October 16th 2006, He discussed his public despute with UBS, Chess in
the past and present, and Interntional affairs, even the North Korea crises.
50 minute interview. It may become available at:
http://www.utvarpsaga.is/ is the radio
station, (MP3 at: http://www.deep-chess.de/)
3rd Singapore International Chess Convention
The 3rd Singapore International Chess Convention 2006 incorporates the
1. 2nd Asian Schools 17 to 24 December 2nd Asian Schools Entry Form for
Singapore Only 2. Seminar for Coaches 18 to 24 December 3. Arbiters Training
Seminar 19 to 24 December 4. Masters & Challengers Open 26 to 31 December
Masters & Challengers Open.
Details of all events at: http://www.singaporechess.org.sg/
Obrenovac 2006
International Open Championship of Belgrade "Obrenovac 2006" Obrenovac,
22-30.11.2006. Prizes : EUR 5,250.00
Contact information: BELGRADE CHESS INFORMATION 11000 Belgrade,
Deligradska 27/III, Serbia and Montenegro Tel/Fax; +381-11 -656 846 E-mail:
beochess@eunet.yu
Details: http://www.beochess.org.yu
XLI Capablanca Memorial
The XLI Capablanca Memorial had to move from its normal dates in May
due to the Turin Olympiad. This years event takes place 19th-30th November 2006
in the hotel Habana Riviera.
As usual there will be a number of events, the elite for players rated
over 2600 and an 11 round swiss with 22 players etc
For details and entry by 3rd November 2006 contact: anayar@inder.co.cu
or baby@inder.co.cu or baby@23yb.uci.cu
27th Bethune International Open
The Bethune chess club is preparing his 27th International Open, Hall
Olof Palme, Commercial centre La Rotonde, Bethune, France (Pas-de-Calais) from
December 26 to 30. 9 rounds The tournament is divided in 2 tournaments: -
Tournament A for players whose Elo rating is above or equal to 1600, 1st price
: 1500 euros - Tournament B for players strictly below 1800 and not FIDE, 1st
price : 300 euros, Fischer pace 1h30+30s KO for each game in both tournaments.
At least 5500 euros of prices, prices for Elo categories in both tournaments.
Inscription fee : 40 euros (adults), 20 euros (youngsters under 20), free for
IM, GM and FIDE Masters. Conditions for IM and GM and special conditions for
GM>2600, contact us at open@bethunechess.com For more information visit:
http://www.bethunechess.com
Corus Invitations
in a press release on September 19th 2006 on their website the Corus,
Wijk aan Zee organisers announced the first players for the event in January
2007. The top three in the world Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand and Levon
Aronian will all play. It was already known that Alexander Motylev qualified
from the B group last year and that Magnus Carlsen who officially lost out on
tie-break to him would also be invited.
Official site: http://www.coruschess.com/article.php?s=n115
Hastings Congress
The Hastings Congress takes place 28th December 2006 - 7 January 2007.
9 round master Swiss +many other events including a FIDE Rated open 6-7
January. Details Con Power conpowr@aol.com.
Further details: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/
Hull Congress
The 43rd Hull Chess Congress (Yorkshire, England) will take place in the
Student Union Building, University of Hull, over the weekend of November 17-19,
2006. This year's Hull Congress has three sections, Open, Under 150 and Under
100 and the total prize fund for the tournament is 1200 pounds (1st 250, 2nd
100, 3rd 50 each section), with the option of adding additional prizes based on
the number of entries. The entry fee is just 15 pounds if you commit your entry
on or before October 31, 2006 and just 20 pounds after that date. For more
information about the Hull Congress and to download an entry form, please visit
the new Hull & District Chess Association website at
http://www.h-d-c-a.org.uk/ or contact
Mark Ieronimo, Tournament Organizer, at congress@h-d-c-a.org.uk to obtain an
entry form via email.
Kramnik - Deep Fritz
Vladimir Kramnik will play the ChessBase computer program Deep Fritz in
a 6 game match 25th November - 5th December 2006 in the German’s Art and
Exhibition Hall in Bonne. Kramnik stands to win a prize of $1 Million US for a
win in the match doubling his starting fee.
Asked how he estimates his chances, Kramnik reacted cautiously: "Fritz
examines millions of moves per second. It is extraordinarily difficult to play
against such a calculating monster. Right from the start you are walking on a
very narrow ridge, and you know that any inattentiveness will be your downfall.
It is a scientific experiment and I will have to fight very hard for my
chance."
The WCC is being organized by Universal Event Promotion (UEP), in
cooperation with the Art and Exhibition Hall.
Schedule: Game 1: Saturday 25.11.2006 16h Game 2: Monday 27.11.2006 16h
Game 3: Wednesday 29.11.2006 16h Game 4: Friday 01.12.2006 16h Game 5: Sunday
03.12.2006 16h Game 6: Tuesday 05.12.2006 16h
During the entire period of the match the Art and Exhibition Hall will
offer a varied program.
Official site: http://www.rag.de/microsite_chess_com/
Sydney International Open 2007
The 2007 Sydney International Open will be held as a 9-round FIDE-rated
Swiss event from 10th-14th April 2007. The venue is Parramatta Town Hall, an
historic centre and business hub just 30 minutes by train from Central Sydney
and International Airport. Some conditions are offered to titled players. It is
also possible to play in Australia's largest weekender, the Doeberl Cup, a
7-round FIDE-rated event held in Canberra 6-9 April 2007. An information sheet,
registration form and other details are available at
http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/open.
The organisers are Australian Chess Enterprises. Contact is Brian Jones at
info@chessaustralia.com.au
GibTelecom Chess Festival
The GibTelecom Chess Festival takes place 23rd January - 1st February
2007. including a 9 round Masters with a rest day. Also two 5 round Swisses for
players under 2200 and two separately for players under 1800. Total prize fund
£71,000, including £9000 awards specifically for females with a
first of £4000; £12000 for players under 2200, where such a player
could win £6000; seniors £2000; junior £1000. So far
Arishchenko, Efimenko, Kuzubov, Milov, Krush, Ganguly, Kunte, Sand ipan,
Bellon, Cramling have accepted invitations. further details Judy Whurr
conf.banq@caletahotel.gi
Further details: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/
European Rapid Chess Championship
The European Rapid Chess Championship 2006 takes place in Warsaw, Poland
(at the same time the 6th AMPLICO AIG LIFE Tournament played during the 25th
Memorial of Stanislaw Gawlikowski) takes place 16th-17th of December 2006. The
prize fund is 20.000 Euros. The tournament is a part of the ACP Tour. Visit the
Official site for more information, updates are coming soon. Contact details of
Organizers and Chief arbiter.
Tournament Director - Mrs Maria Macieja mobile: + 48 603 391 318 e-mail:
mariamacieja@o2.pl
Official site: http://www.warsawchess.pl/
olimpbase
The olimpbase website: http://www.olimpbase.org from April covers
all team events. The latest addition is the European U18 Team Ch. has just
finish in Balatonelle. Also, there is a lot on the history of this interesting
event at my page, including details, games and results of all previous
editions, overall statistics and medal table. See
http://www.olimpbase.org/youth/euro18.html
Swiss Chess Tour Christmas 2006
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2006" will restore "Christmas Tournament" back
after a one year break and four years in Interlaken this time in Bern. The
change is only in the venue in the Hotel "Bern", in the very center of the
city. The 1st International Open Hotel "Bern" December 26th-30th 2006. Swiss
system, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2
hours and 30 minutes till the end). Prize are: 2.000 SF, 1.500, 1.000, 700,
500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. The natural prizes till 20th place. Special
prizes for best Lady, senior (1945), junior (1986-89), schoolboy (1990) and
best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 20 SF
more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: Hotel "Bern" Blitz tournament, Swiss system, 9
double rounds.Prize are: 300, 200, 150, 2x100, 2x50 CHF. Entry fee 20 CHF
(juniors 5 CHF) Time table for "Bern Open": December 26. The last registration
12.00-13.00. Open ceremony and apero reception from 13.30-14.00. Round 1st
14.00-19.00. December 27. Round 2nd 9.30-14.30 Round 3rd 15.30-20.30 December
28.: Round 4th 14.00-19.00. Blitz Tournament 19.30-22.30. December 29. Round
5th 9.30-14.30. Round 6th 15.30-20.30 December 30. Round 7th 9.30-14.30 Closing
ceremonies 15.00. Special chess rates in Hotel "Bern". More information and
registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+62+965-465-40, fax +41+62+965-46-51
E-mail beochess@bluewin.ch
Further information: http://www.beochess.ch/
Computer chess tournament calendar
The Computer chess tournament calendar by Frank Quisinsky has been
updated. Frank's Chess Page: http://www.amateurschach.de Frank's
Chess Page, CC-Calendar:
http://www.amateurschach.de/atl4/_calendar.htm
AnMon 5.6 by Christian BARRETEAU won the computer chess tournament in
Massy (France) with 6/6 . This tournament has been organised for many years by
a very strong group of French computer chess engine programmers. Unfortunately,
this year only seven French programs participated. Second place for Pharaon 3.4
by Franck ZIBI with 5/6 and the third place for ChessTiger 2006 Alpha by
Christophe THERON with 4/6. In other words ... AnMon defended its title. The
next computer chess tournament is the Australasian-NCC-ch in Canberra at August
20th, 2006. TOP favorits are Bodo, Trace and Warp.
Lugano tournaments
International Week-end Chess Open Lugano 2006 "ONE WEEKEND IN THE SOUTH
PART OF SWITZERLAND" When: Friday, 17 November ' Sunday November Where: Hotel
Flora, Via Geretta 16, 6900 Lugano- Paradiso Phone +41 91 994 16 71 Fax: +41 91
994 27 38 E-mail: hotelflora@bluewin.ch Modality: International Tournament. 5
Rounds Swiss System Rate of Play: 36 Moves in 90 Minutes + 30 Minutes K.O.
Rating: CH- & FIDE
International Amateurs Chess Open Ascona 2006 Only for Amateurs, Max.
2299 ELO. , 26th December ' Saturday, 30th December 2006 Where: Hotel Ascona,
via Collina, 6612 Ascona (Switzerland) Modality: International Chess
Tournament. 7 Rounds Swiss System Rate of Play: 40 Moves in 120 Minutes + 60
Minutes K.O. ELO: Not valid for ELO Points (holiday mood!)
Lugano Rapid Chess Marathon Ticino Cureglia 2006 Sunday, 18.06.2006
Where? Parco Rusca (Park & town hall), CH-6944 Cureglia Modality?
International Rapid Chess Tournament 24 rounds Swiss System Rate of play? 5
minutes to finish the game Prizes? CHF 600 (€ 400) / 400 (€ 268) /
300 (€ 200) / 200 (€ 133) / 100 (€ 67) CHF 100 (€ 67) Best
Ticino player + 9 Special prizes (Full prize amount with 50 players, otherwise
% to the number of participants ) Inscriptions? CHF 40 (€ 27) under 20 CHF
20 (€ 14), Sunday: 08.00 - 09.00 Timetable? Sunday 09.15 - 13.00 (15
rounds) 14.30 - 16.30 (9 rounds)
Further details: http://www.luganoscacchi.ch/
Frits Agterdenbos Photos
Chess Photographer Frits Agterdenbos has launched a website of his
photos at: http://www.chessvista.com/.
He is at the Turin Olympiad and his photo reports is available there.
French Team Championship
The final four rounds of the French Team Top 16 Championship took place
4th-7th May 2006 in Asnières-sur-Seine. NAO Chess Club again won the
title three points clear of Monaco who they defeated in the final round. Games
from the final two rounds are not yet available (apart from the Monaco - NAO
match) if anyone has them I'd be grateful.
Further details: http://www.echecs.asso.fr,
http://www.europe-echecs.com/ and
http://www.nao-cc.com
IbeatGarry.com: The Six Degrees of Kasparov
If you've won a game that's appeared in Chessbase Megabase 2005 then
find out a series of results which by separation means you beat Garry Kasparov!
Fun stuff from Karlheinz Zoechling. I'm not in Megabase but have beaten someone
who has a separation of two, giving me a separation of three!
Site: http://ibeatgarry.com/
Czech Tour 2006/2007
There is new information about the Czech Tour 2006/2007 including:
9th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER (the Sigma hotel) 2nd-10th August 2006.
3rd HIGHLANDS OPEN (Havlickuv Brod, the Slunce hotel) 23rd September -
1st October 2006.
7th LIBEREC OPEN (the Liberec hotel) 11th-18th November 2006.
6th PRAGUE OPEN (TOP HOTEL Praha) 11th-18th January 2007.
6th MARIENBAD OPEN (the Evropa hotel) 19th-27th January 2007.
Further details: http://www.czechtour.net or Dr. Jan Mazuch,
Director of CZECH OPEN & CZECH TOUR - j.mazuch@avekont.cz
In addition there is the 27th Tournament of Chess Hopes and 17th
Pobeskydi Tournament organised by the town of Frydek-Mistek 13th-17th April
2006.
Further details: http://www.chessfm.cz
10th Anniversary of correspondencechess.com
correspondencechess.com is celebrating its 10th Anniversary. It has a
10th Anniversary Commemorative Coin:
http://www.correspondencechess.com/coin.htm
Home of: Grandmaster V.V. Palciauskas' The World of Correspondence Chess
Senior International Master Knudsen's The Correspondence Chess Place The
Campbell Report Ralph Marconi's Chess Pages The Canadian Correspondence Chess
Association (CCCA) American Postal Chess Tournaments (APCT) The Correspondence
Chess Message Board (TCCMB) and much, much more!
Official site: http://www.correspondencechess.com/
Christophe Bouton Chess Blog
Christophe Bouton has started a chess blog in French at:
http://echecs64.blog.20minutes.fr/
Spanish Championship
The Spanish closed and open Championships will be held in León
November 22nd-30th 2006. The Hotel Conde Luna from León will be the
venue and the official hotel of the organization.
Alushta Tournaments
01.02.06 Tournaments in Alushta:
GM Norm: 29.04-9.05, 11.05-21.05, 23.05-1.06, 2.06-12.06, 16.06-26.06,
2.09-12.09, 14.09-24.09, 26.09–6.10,
IM Norm: 29.04-9.05, 11.05-21.05, 23.05-1.06, 2.06-12.06, 16.06-26.06,
2.09-12.09, 14.09-24.09, 26.09–6.10,
Rating tournament: 5.06-13.06, 23.06–27.06
Open tournament (under 16 years) First prize - 200$ 14.06-22.06, Swiss 9
rounds.
Open tournament First prize - 1000$ First prize (woman)- 500$:
28.06-6.07, Swiss 9 rounds. Open tournament (rapid chess) 7.07–8.07, Swiss
9 rounds. Blitz tournament 9.07. Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin
23.06–27.06. Individual and group studying.
Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua phone +38
(06560)5-05-32, +380505828911 (for Russian speaking) + 38 050 669-26-04 (for
English speaking) e-mail: info@kaissa.com.ua
Seagaard ChessReviews
Soren Sogaard has announced that his site Seagaard ChessReviews will be
updated after receiving a lot of positive e-mails, "I decided to try to keep
running the site. I also got two new reviewers, and the well known danish IM
Steffen Pedersen reviews his first book." He'll see if he can keep it going
another 6 months.
Website: http://seagaard.dk/review
1st ICCF Webchess Open Tournament
The ICCF have announced the 1st WebChess Open Tournament and invites
every player worldwide to participate in the event. The event is to be played
on the ICCF dedicated Webserver http://www.iccf-webchess.com. This
tournament is open to all correspondence chess players worldwide, also for
those without any previous ICCF experience. Multiple entries are allowed. The
tournament will be played in three stages - preliminaries, semifinal and final.
Details: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/Message.aspx?message=19
Russia vs ROW Correspondence
The Russian Chess Federation is celebrating its 10th anniversary and is
using this occasion to challenge the rest of the world to a match over 64
boards with 2 games for each and the start is 15.02 2004. Players include Joop
van Oosterom
http://www.mychessweb.com/Tables/Internationale/Play/russia-world.htm
